Italy hope to go above and beyond at Euros with help of astronaut


Football Soccer - EURO 2016 -Sweden News Conference - Toulouse, France 16/6/16 Sweden's coach Erik Hamren attends a news conference REUTERS/UEFA/Handout via REUTERS

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - Italy coach Antonio Conte summoned help from astronaut Luca Parmitano to inspire his players ahead of Friday's Euro 2016 game against Sweden in Toulouse.

Parmitano, who became the first Italian to take part in a spacewalk in July 2013, gave a talk to the Italy squad this week at the Casa Azzurri in Montpellier, the team's headquarters in France.

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